(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Alfred William Clement Thomas (NSN: 0-329367), United States Navy, was awarded a Second Gold Star in lieu of a Third Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Pilot of a Fighter Plane in Fighting Squadron EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR (VF-884), attached to U.S.S. BOXER (CV-21), in action against enemy forces in Korea on 18 April 1951.